On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 14:54:05 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 at 10:01:07 +0100, Simon McVittie wrote: > > I've uploaded a delayed/14 NMU for alsa-lib, for > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589896 (crashes due to > > unloading plugins that are still in use), by backporting a patch from > > upstream. Its diffstat looks like this: > [...] > > 7 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 121 deletions(-) > > > > The full patch and the nmudiff are on #589896: > [...] > > If this is too intrusive for squeeze, there are potential workarounds for > > #589896 in either alsa-lib (don't unload plugins whether they're in use or > > not), PortAudio (don't tell ALSA to unload plugins), or OpenAL (forcibly > > disable PortAudio support, since PortAudio is the only backend that actually > > tells ALSA to unload plugins, and isn't incredibly useful on Linux). There > > are > > more details on the bug. > > Hi release team, > > Any thoughts on this? The NMU will come out of DELAYED in a couple of days > unless I intervene, so please let me know if I should cancel it and > prepare a package with one of the less intrusive workarounds instead. > Sorry for the delay. The NMU diff looks reasonable to me, thanks. Let me know when it lands and I'll unblock the package.
Cheers, Julien
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